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First we fire half of our coaches.
Then we hire a star studded defensive staff, paying big bucks for the best and brightest. This, of course, is different than overspending for a player. When you sign a player, it takes away from money you could spend on another player. Signing a player has an implied opportunity cost due to the salary cap. When you sign a coach, it does not take away from another part of the football team. It just makes you better, with no opportunity cost. It makes sense to spend a little more in these areas and it shows how willing Ted is to open up the pocket book if it's not going to hurt his team. Some people think opening up the pocket book always helps, but as Andrew Brandt likes to say on his website, much of the time the best move you make is the signing you don't make. Just as Mike Sherman. Anyway. . .
With teams starting to pin themselves against the new cap and questions about future cap years/profit sharing arising, it might be a unique year in free agency. Some teams might spend more because they have high revenue. Other teams might spend less because they are low revenue and are worried about losing the high level of profit sharing they currently receive under this CBA. It should be an interesting unrestricted free agency year with a couple elite players and what looks to be a better than average group overall.
Then we have several starters with expiring contracts. They range from stars (Jennings/Kampman) to average starters that are steadily getting better (Colledge/Spitz). Would you rather lock up these guys now for less, lose them and replace them with rookies or let them get to UFA and pay more money for the same player? The obvious answer seems to be locking them up early. As much as we complain about DC and Spitz, imagine how bad it would be if we had to go back to rookies. These guys are just becoming solid players. I think we should make an effort to lock them up a year early, even the solid starters are important because their replacements are often times unprepared rookies. Colledge, in particular, was a greatly underrated player last year. He was our best lineman, not to mention most versatile. I think we'll see him locked up.
Then we have the draft
Then mini camps with a new defensive scheme
Then TC with the new scheme
I get the feeling it's going to be an exciting off season and best of all, no diva thinking she's entitled to special treatment all off season.
Then we hire a star studded defensive staff, paying big bucks for the best and brightest. This, of course, is different than overspending for a player. When you sign a player, it takes away from money you could spend on another player. Signing a player has an implied opportunity cost due to the salary cap. When you sign a coach, it does not take away from another part of the football team. It just makes you better, with no opportunity cost. It makes sense to spend a little more in these areas and it shows how willing Ted is to open up the pocket book if it's not going to hurt his team. Some people think opening up the pocket book always helps, but as Andrew Brandt likes to say on his website, much of the time the best move you make is the signing you don't make. Just as Mike Sherman. Anyway. . .
With teams starting to pin themselves against the new cap and questions about future cap years/profit sharing arising, it might be a unique year in free agency. Some teams might spend more because they have high revenue. Other teams might spend less because they are low revenue and are worried about losing the high level of profit sharing they currently receive under this CBA. It should be an interesting unrestricted free agency year with a couple elite players and what looks to be a better than average group overall.
Then we have several starters with expiring contracts. They range from stars (Jennings/Kampman) to average starters that are steadily getting better (Colledge/Spitz). Would you rather lock up these guys now for less, lose them and replace them with rookies or let them get to UFA and pay more money for the same player? The obvious answer seems to be locking them up early. As much as we complain about DC and Spitz, imagine how bad it would be if we had to go back to rookies. These guys are just becoming solid players. I think we should make an effort to lock them up a year early, even the solid starters are important because their replacements are often times unprepared rookies. Colledge, in particular, was a greatly underrated player last year. He was our best lineman, not to mention most versatile. I think we'll see him locked up.
Then we have the draft
Then mini camps with a new defensive scheme
Then TC with the new scheme
I get the feeling it's going to be an exciting off season and best of all, no diva thinking she's entitled to special treatment all off season.
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